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Shockers and Surprises
October 1, 2007It was an absolutely crazy weekend for college football, but the area's Friday night action had some scores and happenings that raised my eyebrows.
Here are some of my thoughts after Week 4:
SHOCKERS
Iowa Park 21, Bridgeport 7: This one was the biggest. I had heard from at least a couple of coaches that the Bulls would be a favorite to win District 8-3A. They had scored at least 24 points in every game, and one website had them favored by 27 points in this one.
It sounded like IP's secondary did a great job of stopping Bridgeport's passing attack. This outcome, on the road no less, is a huge one for the Hawks, who are improving each game.
Looking up to see Windthorst down 42-0: I've only been covering football around the area since 2002 (and full-time since 2004), so while I have heard about Windthorst's struggles many, many years ago, I have never witnessed it.
And Canadian is a very good team, don't get me wrong. And Windthorst will be fine. But it was still pretty weird to look up at that scoreboard.
Holliday 27, City View 0: I wrote on last week's predictions that I thought the Eagles might take it easy on the Mustangs, who were coming off a 70-0 loss. But I thought they would at least score 30.
And it was a 13-0 lead going into the fourth quarter. From what I have heard from multiple non-affiliated sources, City View played its best game of the year and Holliday didn't go all-out and kept the gameplan simple. Still a surprising score, though.
SURPRISES
Clyde 39, Vernon 21: This was the perfect trap game for Vernon if I ever saw one. Big win last week against Decatur, big game next week against ex-district rival Breckenridge. It is Vernon's Homecoming and Clyde is a pretty good team.
Still I thought the Lions would prevail. And if they didn't, it would be a close game. But this wasn't the case.
Burkburnett 21, Trinity Christian 14: I know Burk's good, but I also read where TCA was the top private school team in the state. Either TCA was overrated, or the Bulldogs are really good. I think it's the latter.
Henrietta 24, Olney 14: This isn't a huge surprise. Henrietta is tough at home and can never be overlooked. The one thing that caught me eye was how dominant the Bearcats' lines were. Olney lost many starters to graduation last year, and I think it showed. The Cubs still have Holliday and Nocona to face, so they cannot afford any more letdowns.
Check back Thursday afternoon for my weekend predictions.
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